FAURE (Félix). Les chasses de Rambouillet depuis... Lot n° 21

[FAURE (Félix) ; LEDDET (Louis). Les chasses de Rambouillet depuis les temps primitifs de la Gaule jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1898. Large in-8, blue morocco, spine with 5 nerves, gilt title, boxes decorated with repeated mosaic motifs, a profile of a dog and a gibecière garnie, the plates richly decorated with a multiple fillet frame containing a foliage motif, all gilt, and 4 mosaic elements (a deer massacre, a hore and two heads of dogs), central mosaic medallion formed of foliage, a dagger and a horn, double gilt fillet at the edges, gilt edges, inner lace, case (spine slightly faded, case not in good condition). slightly faded, slipcase unstained). First edition of this well-documented work on the Rambouillet hunting grounds, written by the president Félix Faure, and Louis Leddet, in charge of the estate. The illustration is composed of 42 plates and a color map. Splendid tribute copy, offered by the president Félix Faure. It is one of the 150 copies on Japanese paper, covered with a high quality binding with the mention "Imprimerie Nationale" on the back cover. A handwritten letter signed, on the letterhead of the Presidency of the Republic, dated January 9, 1899, probably addressed to the addressee of the work, is enclosed. Two menu-cards with the letterhead of the Chasses de Rambouillet, not filled in, are also attached. (Thiébaud 387).